I don't think you'll find much arguement that Hamas ain't like a menatlly ill next door neighbor.... Firing rockets against unknown populations is a purdy screwed up thing to do...

What bothers me is how Hamas came into power and it's kinda like we're having to eat our own cooking here... Turning our backs on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and then trying to starve out innocent Palestinians will get ya' some rather messed up folks any day of the week...

There seems less desperation and less radicalism in the West Bank and whereas the West Bank is no model for how to create any level of justice and equality in the region it is an example of what happens when people aren't starved out...

We will not see any progress in Gaza until we realize that poverty isn't the greatest motivator to act right... Just pisses people off...

So, I am looking forward to seeing a return to diplomacy and more carrots and less sticks.... Seems it has been forever since we've had a more pragmatic approach...

B~